A mother is facing charges after her car was stolen Wednesday with her 1-year-old inside, deputies said.

Deputies said that Alejandra Melton Roberts, 30, left her baby in the car at the Spinx gas station on Highway 418. A man, later identified as Michael Tyler Shelton, 21, stole the car and left it at a nearby Dollar General store when he realized there was a child inside, deputies said.

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Drew Pinciaro, with the Greenville County Sheriff's Office, said Shelton was arrested late Wednesday afternoon and charged with petty larceny and kidnapping.